RAWALPINDI: Security forces have cleared two suspected hideouts of Fitna Al Khawarij established inside mosques in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area, recovering a large quantity of explosives, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weapons and ammunition, the military’s media wing said on Monday.
According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement released in Rawalpindi on Monday, during the conduct of the operation on November 8, 2026, two terrorist hideouts established by the Kharjis in mosques were sanitised and huge cache of prepared improvised explosive devices (IEDs), bomb-making material, weapons and ammunition were recovered.
The terrorists had deliberately established hideouts in mosques to store explosive materials and also were running torture cells there.
This reprehensible desecration of places of worship by Indian proxy Fitna al-Khwarij serves yet another clear evidence of their utter disregard of fundamental teachings of Islam, the ISPR said.
These Kharji terrorists abetted by Afghan Taliban have nothing to do with Islam and their perverted interpretation and misuse of our great religion is unacceptable and fully rejected by proud and righteous people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan, said the ISPR statement.
A sanitization operation was being conducted by the brave soldiers of Pakistan security forces to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored terrorist hideouts in the area.
Relentless counter-terrorism campaign under vision “Azm-e-Istehkam” (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by the security forces and the law-enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out menace of foreign-sponsored and -supported terrorism from the country.
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi described the operation as successful and expressed dismay over the use of mosques for terrorist activities and weapons storage.
Reacting to videos of the operation, the governor said he was deeply saddened to see that the militants had used sacred religious places for terrorism and storing weapons. He said there had been reports in the past about the misuse of mosques in the former tribal districts, adding that mosques were meant to promote peace and Islamic teachings.
Such activities at sacred places were deeply regrettable and unacceptable, he said.
The governor reaffirmed his support for security forces, saying operations would be intensified to restore lasting peace and maintain law and order across the province.